Cinematic visuals
from the open archives
of space & science.
A curated viewing room of public-domain and openly-licensed footage from NASA, the Scientific Visualization Studio, USGS, the National Archives, Wikimedia Commons and the Internet Archive — sequenced for quiet, full-screen viewing.
Eight ways
into the archive.
From Earth observation to deep-field astronomy — every category groups together footage from the same set of public archives, sequenced for sustained, ambient viewing.
Earth From Space
Orbital perspective, timelapses, night lights and the slow turn of the planet.
Rocket Launches
Ignition, ascent and stage separation — Apollo, Shuttle, Artemis and beyond.
Moon & Mars
Lunar surface footage, Apollo records and Mars rover imagery from JPL.
Deep Space
Galaxies, nebulae and cosmological visualizations from Hubble & Webb.
NASA Missions
Apollo, Skylab, Shuttle, ISS and Voyager — mission control as cinema.
Science Visualizations
Climate, magnetic fields, ocean currents — data, rendered as motion.
Public Domain Films
Government films, science education prints and 16mm space documentaries.
Space Ambience
Slow, silent visual loops — orbital horizons, auroras and the long Earth night.
Curated sequences,
not playlists.
Each collection is a hand-sequenced reading of the archive — chosen for tone, era and visual continuity, like an issue of a journal rather than an algorithmic feed.
The Apollo Archive
From the slow plume of Saturn V ignition to the silent footprints at Tranquility Base — a chronological reading of the lunar program in twelve restored sequences.
Earth at Night
Aurora arcs, lightning storms and the slow grid of cities seen from low-Earth orbit, sequenced from the ISS time-lapse archive.
Mars, in transit
Curiosity, Perseverance and orbital approaches — the planet seen as ground footage.
Launch moments
Ignition through tower-clear, from Mercury-Redstone to Artemis I.
Scientific visualizations
Data rendered as motion — currents, magnetism, climate.
Hubble & the deep field
Galaxy clusters, gravitational lenses and deep-field surveys from the Hubble Space Telescope.
“For all its archives and instruments, the universe rewards slow looking more than searching.”
— AstraVault · editorial principleRecently added
to the archive.
New entries are reviewed weekly. Each card links to the full source page on the originating archive — we never replace the provenance.
04:21
Aurora Australis from the International Space Station
06:08
Cassini Grand Finale — Dive Between Saturn and the Rings
02:54
Neptune — Voyager 2 approach, Great Dark Spot
11:42
Apollo 11 — Earth after Translunar Injection
03:16
Blue Marble — Earth from Apollo 17
07:33
Apollo 13 — Mission Control during the Crisis
05:47
Earthrise — Apollo 8 Lunar Orbit
12:00
Pluto in True Color — New Horizons Encounter
Six public archives.
One viewing room.
Every entry on AstraVault is sourced from a public or openly-licensed media collection. We curate, sequence and present — we never claim authorship over the underlying footage, and we always link back to the original record.
This site is independently operated and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by NASA, NARA, USGS, Wikimedia or the Internet Archive.